Yep, you guessed it! This is my rant about why I dislike Christmas. I can feel your hatred and anger towards me already building. But give me a chance to defend my position before you jump to conclusions.
Interesting side note before I spew my propaganda. You may already know this because you're all literary geniuses, but its news to me. The word humbug is real. According to my trusty answers.com site it defines 'humbug' as such:
n.
- Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.
- A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- Pretense; deception.
Used to express disbelief or disgust.
Ok, before you label me as a pagan for not liking the holiday designated to remember the birth of Jesus, let me just say that I don't dislike the reason for the season. I hate the treason of the season!
I propose legislation be passed making it illegal for stores to pedal their Christmas crap before Thanksgiving! There is nothing worse than seeing the traditional red and green stocked shelves while I shop for Halloween decorations. No Christmas items are so urgent that one can't wait to purchase them until Black Friday at the earliest. Each year stores push the barrier and display their wares earlier and earlier. It wont be too long before we will see mistletoe and holly wreaths right next to the Cadbury cream Easter eggs. As if Christmas was not commercialized enough, now it has to be commercialized and stretched over a 4 month period. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I am a fanatic. But if stores started to load the aisles with witches and goblins in July even I would be annoyed.
I also think that people should not be allowed to put up their outdoor Christmas decorations before December 1st! Not only is it a waste of electricity, but it's really annoying to see people take down their Halloween decorations and put up the Christmas lights on the same day. What happened to Thanksgiving decor?!
To top off my list of irksome Christmas debauchery: Television, radio and all other forms of media should not be allowed to air Christmas music, Christmas movies or TV shows, or any advertisements alluding to Christmas before December 1st. We already know that Christmas is the most commercialized holiday ever. And even with that knowledge people still continue to be mindless lemmings purchasing the latest and greatest items, putting themselves further in debt for the sake of "Christmas".
What would happen if one year we all agreed to not give in to the social peer pressure, and we just boycotted all things "Christmas"? Instead we just focused on the meaning of the holiday. We didn't spend money on our loved ones, but instead spent our time. We visited the sick, the widowed, the poor, and the elderly. We gave of ourselves and showed our love for those around us, instead of feeding into the commercialism. That would be a Christmas to remember, and the feelings and memories would outlast any material possession we could ever be given.
Cya in 7
Amen, brotha.
ReplyDeleteI would like Christmas music to be limited to Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve only, however.
Oh, and Bah Humbug.
OK, first of all, KG, you know I love you, but OMG PLEASE change the color of this blog. I can't read it. I'm old!
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I LOVE Thanksgiving. It's one of my favorite holidays. But I WILL continue to use Black Friday (while everyone else is out there commercializing the birth of my Lord) to put up my Christmas tree. I don't decorate outside, and it's a tradition in our house. I only get a month to get into the spirit. And I love Christmas music, so I think it's acceptable to being the playing thereof after Thanksgiving is over. Just my 02 cents. I'm not saying non stop, and I'm not saying at all before Thanksgiving.
AND, lastly, I'd like to beat the station manangers of 107.9. There is plenty of wonderful, decent, beautiful Christmas music out there. I bet they could get through a whole season without repeating a single song if they tried. BUT NO, we're stuck listening to the frakkin' Barbra Streisand version of Jingle Bells that sounds like she's having a seizure in the middle of it, and we have to hear it 8 times a day for the next MONTH. MAKE IT STOP ALREADY.
and apparently I need to proof read better before I post.. in the second paragraph, it should read "acceptable to BEGIN playing it" not being... UGH... it's unfortunate that I don't drink coffee... maybe I should start.. LOL
ReplyDeleteI will admit I didn't think I was going to agree with your rant based on the first line - but everything after that first line I agreed with! (Except I do think it's OK to put up Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving - I say that mostly because it's been a tradition in our house because my hubby always has that day off so we use it to put up the lights outside and the tree inside) But you will never, ever, catch me putting anything Christmas up until after Thanksgiving. To further my point, my inlaws have a tradition where the kids write a Santa Letter and Santa (Grandpa) always writes them back. Well he's up to 13 letters he has to write - so my mother in law asked if we could get our Santa letters in early this year. I don't usually tell her no, but I told her that I am not letting my kids write a Santa letter before Thanksgiving. It was just not going to happen. That's my two sense and my kids are totally going to be late for school because I replied to this rant.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree and we are probably going to be having that kind of Christmas this year.
ReplyDeleteI do think The day after Thanksgiving is perfectly fine for starting Christmas stuff though. If you will recall, that was our tradition while we lived in California.
I could sing Christmas songs all year though. At least the ones refering to the birth of our Savior. We should celebrate his birth all year long.